Enter in the MAD sticker contest!
Calling MIT illustrators, artists, and designers: MIT MAD is seeking designs for a sticker contest with a chance to win an exclusive MAD goodie bag!
By Michelle Luo + Lydia Molica
Aug 18, 2026
Submit your sticker entry that answers the questions, "What is iconic about design at MIT? What does design at MIT look and feel like?"
We’re open to your interpretation of the theme and your personal touch!
Criteria
About the designer:
- Designers must be affiliated with MIT with an MIT email address.
About the design:
- Please include the words “MIT Morningside Academy for Design” or “MIT MAD” somewhere in the design.
- Use the provided MIT MAD color palette for most of the color in the illustration
- Submit the illustration as a high resolution .PNG image with at least 300 DPI. It should have a transparent background if you are planning for it to be die cut.
- If you created your illustration as a vector, please submit it as a .SVG or Adobe Illustrator .AI file in addition to a .PNG image.
- The stickers will be printed at a 2x2” or 3x3” scale. Die cut is possible.
- On the form, please disclose and describe the use of AI generative tools if applicable. (See MIT’s AI guidance.)
How winners will be selected (and what they'll win)
Three total designs will be selected! Two designs will be selected to be shared widely with the MIT community and the public. One design will be shared within the MIT MAD community.
All three winners will receive exclusive MIT MAD merch!
Submissions will be judged by a panel of MIT MAD staff and are due September 16, 2026 at 11:59PM Eastern.
Questions? Email Lydia Molica at [email protected].
Submit your entry now
MAD's color palette, from left to right, top to bottom: #FF33FF, #FFB400, #0OFFFF, #80FF00, #C263FF, #FF6D2D, #009FC7, #00CE7C, #65154C, #9F1E34, #00587A, #6A6306, #322532, #342623, #232A34, #212C21